SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – “Gangnam Style,” a 2012 global sensation by South Korean singer-rapper Psy, reached another milestone Saturday as the song’s popularity has continued for more than a decade. The music video for the song exceeded 5 billion views on YouTube. Unveiled in July 2012, the main track from Psy’s sixth full-length [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” registered more than 3 billion views on YouTube at 8 a.m. Sunday, continuing to smash the video-sharing site’s records, according to his agency YG Entertainment. The electro-dance song, released in July 2012, and the signature horse-riding dance made the quirky rapper and [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy, the 2012 global pop sensation who released “Gangnam Style,” said on Wednesday he is really keyed up hours before the release of his eighth studio album. “Among many things I do on Earth, standing on stage is the most not nervous, but I’m really nervous at this place [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun will appear in a new Psy music video, according to informed sources Wednesday. Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, became a global sensation with his 2012 mega hit “Gangnam Style.” Lee has finished filming for the video accompanying a song in Psy’s eighth [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy of the 2012 pop sensation “Gangnam Style” will release his eighth full-length album next month marking his comeback after a hiatus of a year and a half, his agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the South Korean singer-rapper, whose real name Park Jae-sang, has finished filming two accompanying music videos. The company previously said that [...]
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SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam Style, Psy’s worldwide sensation powered by an iconic horse dance, set numerous world records. The song’s music video is still the most liked and viewed video on YouTube. But most of all, Gangnam Style was the first K-pop song, ever, to attract global attention. Ironically, however, 38-year-old Psy is [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A giant statue of two hands dancing Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ showed up at COEX square in Gangnam-gu. Gangnam-gu officials announced that they will celebrate the completion of the ‘Gangnam Style Landmark Sculpture’ at COEX’s East Square. The structure, which is five meters tall and eight meters wide, looks like two [...]
SEOUL, Nov.13 (Korea Bizwire) – Yonsei University has revealed that Psy, the international entertainer who will be making a comeback next month, donated 500 million won to Severance Hospital’s children’s ward. With the funds, a ‘Psy Treatment Room’ was created. According to officials at the hospital, the treatment room built with the funds donated by [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Gangnam Style,” the mega-hit single by South Korean rapper Psy, has surpassed the 2.3 billion mark in YouTube views nearly three years after it was released, his management agency said Monday. The video hit the 2.3 billion milestone Sunday afternoon, YG Entertainment said. Uploaded on July 15, 2012, “Gangnam Style” [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy will soon release an album containing Chinese versions of his lesser known songs to reach out to more Chinese fans, his local management agency said. Unlike his global hits “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman,” the tracks on the new album, including “Paradise,” “The End” and “What [...]